nipping

英 [ˈnɪpɪŋ]

美 [ˈnɪpɪŋ]

adj.  锋利的；刺骨的；尖酸刻薄的

GRE

柯林斯词典

• VERB 迅速前往;急忙赶往
  If younipsomewhere, usually somewhere nearby, you go there quickly or for a short time.
  1. Should I nip out and get some groceries?...
     要我赶紧出去一趟买些食品吗？
  2. Wayne is always nipping down to the corner shop for him...
     韦恩总是一溜烟跑到街角商店找他。
  3. Beasley told me he'd seen you, so I nipped straight home.
     比斯利告诉我他看到你了，所以我就赶快直接回家了。
• VERB 轻咬;轻掐;轻捏
  If an animal or personnipsyou, they bite you lightly or squeeze a piece of your skin between their finger and thumb.
  1. I have known cases where dogs have nipped babies...
     我知道有一些狗咬婴儿的事情。
  2. He nipped Billy's cheek with two rough fingers.
     他用两个粗糙的手指捏了捏比利的脸蛋。
  3. Nipis also a noun.
     
  4. Some ants can give you a nasty nip.
     一些蚂蚁会咬得你很疼。
• N-COUNT (烈性酒的)一小口，一呷，少量
  Anipis a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink.
  1. She had a habit of taking an occasional nip from a flask of cognac.
     她有偶尔喝一小口干邑的习惯。
• tonipsomethingin the bud→ see:bud

英英释义

adj

• pleasantly cold and invigorating
  1. crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
  2. a nipping wind
  3. a nippy fall day
  4. snappy weather
  Synonym:crispfrostynippysnappy
• capable of wounding
  1. a barbed compliment
  2. a biting aphorism
  3. pungent satire
  Synonym:barbedbitingpungentmordacious

双语例句

• The gardener was nipping off the side shoots from his chrysanthemums.
  园丁正在把菊花的边芽掐掉。
• Methods Similated to duplicate model keys in sameness nipping manner, then observe and summarize the slope angel of profile modeling reamer trace how to change.
  方法用铝板制作相同坡长不同齿坡角的钥匙模型，在相同夹持方式下模拟增配过程，观察并总结钥匙上仿形刀痕迹倾斜角度的变化。
• The lion managed to struggle on to the bank, the crocodile half standing and half swimming, still nipping his hind leg.
  狮子拼命地往土堤上爬，鳄鱼半身在土堤上，半身在水里，死死地咬住它的后腿不放。
• The dog was nipping at her ankles.
  那狗咬着她的脚腕子了。
• A remarkable example is the low-set Corgi, perhaps one foot tall at the shoulders, that can drive a herd of cows many times its size to pasture by leaping and nipping at their heels.
  显着的例子是低设置威尔士矮脚狗，也许一只脚，身高在肩膀上，即可以驾驶一群奶牛很多次，其大小牧场跨越式和锋利在其继。
• Nipping inflation in the bud would require a rise in interest rates and curbs on public spending, as well as letting the peso appreciate.
  对通货膨胀防患于未然需要利率的上调和控制公共开支，同时允许阿根廷比索升值。
• Soren began breeding only the gentlest males and females which drastically lessened the nipping problem that was seen.
  Soren开始只繁育性格最温和的雌性和雄性雪貂，从而大大减少了之前所出现的撕咬问题。
• You do want to be careful when dealing with cuticles, because you don't want to do too much nipping with it.
  当你处理你指甲根部的外皮时，你应该很小心。因为你不不会想要它太锋利了。
• Nipping at his heels was veteran teen starlet Miley Cyrus, whose haul was$ 48 million, almost all of it earned from touring.
  紧随其后的是麦莉·塞勒斯，收入四千八百万美金，这些收入几乎全部来自巡演。
• Economists explain the friction as part of a world economy pecking order: China is nipping at the heels of the US, India at the heels of China.
  经济学家解释说，摩擦是世界经济啄序的体现：中国紧随美国之后，印度则跟在中国之后。